A Review of Clean Electricity Policies—From Countries to Utilities

Sustainability

Kaiqi Sun¹  Huangqing Xiao¹  Yuqing Dong¹  Yilu Liu¹  Shutang You¹  Shengyuan Liu¹  Weikang Wang¹  Fan Yang² 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA;King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK;

关键词: clean energy policy;    countries;    states;    utility;    wind power;    solar power;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12197946

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Due to the heavy stress on environmental deterioration and the excessive consumption of fossil resources, the transition of global energy from fossil fuel energy to clean energy has significantly accelerated in recent years. The power industry and policymakers in almost all countries are focusing on clean energy development. Thanks to progressive clean energy policies, significant progress in clean energy integration and greenhouse gas reduction has been achieved around the world. However, due to the differences in economic structures, clean energy distributions, and development models, clean energy policy scope, focus, and coverage vary between different countries, states, and utilities. This paper aims at providing a policy review for readers to easily obtain clean energy policy information on various clean energies in the U.S. and some other countries. Firstly, this paper reviews and compares some countries’ clean energy policies on electricity. Then, taking the U.S. as an example, this paper introduces the clean energy policies of some representative states and utilities in the U.S in perspectives of renewable energies, electric vehicles, and energy storage.

【 授权许可】

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